Moved reference content to reference topic

doc/administration/instance_limits.md

@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ Plan.default.actual_limits.update!(ci_instance_level_variables: 30)
 
 > [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/37226) in GitLab 13.3.
 
-Job artifacts defined with [`artifacts:reports`](../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreports)
+Job artifacts defined with [`artifacts:reports`](../ci/yaml/README.md#artifactsreports)
 that are uploaded by the runner are rejected if the file size exceeds the maximum
 file size limit. The limit is determined by comparing the project's
 [maximum artifact size setting](../user/admin_area/settings/continuous_integration.md#maximum-artifacts-size)

doc/administration/job_artifacts.md

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ this is done when the job succeeds, but can also be done on failure, or always,
 [`artifacts:when`](../ci/yaml/README.md#artifactswhen) parameter.
 
 Most artifacts are compressed by GitLab Runner before being sent to the coordinator. The exception to this is
-[reports artifacts](../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreports), which are compressed after uploading.
+[reports artifacts](../ci/yaml/README.md#artifactsreports), which are compressed after uploading.
 
 ### Using local storage
 

doc/ci/environments/index.md

@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ GitLab supports the [dotenv (`.env`)](https://github.com/bkeepers/dotenv) file f
 and expands the `environment:url` value with variables defined in the `.env` file.
 
 To use this feature, specify the
-[`artifacts:reports:dotenv`](../pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreportsdotenv) keyword in `.gitlab-ci.yml`.
+[`artifacts:reports:dotenv`](../yaml/README.md#artifactsreportsdotenv) keyword in `.gitlab-ci.yml`.
 
 <i class="fa fa-youtube-play youtube" aria-hidden="true"></i>
 For an overview, see [Set dynamic URLs after a job finished](https://youtu.be/70jDXtOf4Ig).

doc/ci/metrics_reports.md

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ For an MR, the values of these metrics from the feature branch are compared to t
 
 ## How to set it up
 
-Add a job that creates a [metrics report](pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreportsmetrics) (default filename: `metrics.txt`). The file should conform to the [OpenMetrics](https://openmetrics.io/) format.
+Add a job that creates a [metrics report](yaml/README.md#artifactsreportsmetrics) (default filename: `metrics.txt`). The file should conform to the [OpenMetrics](https://openmetrics.io/) format.
 
 For example:
 

doc/ci/unit_test_reports.md

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Consider the following workflow:
 ## How it works
 
 First, GitLab Runner uploads all [JUnit report format XML files](https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSQ2R2_14.1.0/com.ibm.rsar.analysis.codereview.cobol.doc/topics/cac_useresults_junit.html)
-as [artifacts](pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreportsjunit) to GitLab. Then, when you visit a merge request, GitLab starts
+as [artifacts](yaml/README.md#artifactsreportsjunit) to GitLab. Then, when you visit a merge request, GitLab starts
 comparing the head and base branch's JUnit report format XML files, where:
 
 - The base branch is the target branch (usually the default branch).
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ If a test failed in the project's default branch in the last 14 days, a message
 ## How to set it up
 
 To enable the Unit test reports in merge requests, you need to add
-[`artifacts:reports:junit`](pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreportsjunit)
+[`artifacts:reports:junit`](yaml/README.md#artifactsreportsjunit)
 in `.gitlab-ci.yml`, and specify the path(s) of the generated test reports.
 The reports must be `.xml` files, otherwise [GitLab returns an Error 500](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/216575).
 
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ When [this issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/6061) is complet
 
 If JUnit report format XML files contain an `attachment` tag, GitLab parses the attachment.
 
-Upload your screenshots as [artifacts](pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreportsjunit) to GitLab. The `attachment` tag **must** contain the absolute path to the screenshots you uploaded.
+Upload your screenshots as [artifacts](yaml/README.md#artifactsreportsjunit) to GitLab. The `attachment` tag **must** contain the absolute path to the screenshots you uploaded.
 
 ```xml
 <testcase time="1.00" name="Test">

doc/ci/variables/README.md

@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ These variables cannot be used as CI/CD variables to configure a pipeline, but
 they can be used in job scripts.
 
 1. In the job script, save the variable as a `.env` file.
-1. Save the `.env` file as an [`artifacts:reports:dotenv`](../pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreportsdotenv)
+1. Save the `.env` file as an [`artifacts:reports:dotenv`](../yaml/README.md#artifactsreportsdotenv)
 artifact.
 1. Set a job in a later stage to receive the artifact by using the [`dependencies`](../yaml/README.md#dependencies)
    or the [`needs`](../yaml/README.md#artifact-downloads-with-needs) keywords.

doc/development/integrations/secure.md

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ so the [`allow_failure`](../../ci/yaml/README.md#allow_failure) parameter should
 ### Artifacts
 
 Scanning jobs must declare a report that corresponds to the type of scanning they perform,
-using the [`artifacts:reports`](../../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreports) keyword.
+using the [`artifacts:reports`](../../ci/yaml/README.md#artifactsreports) keyword.
 Valid reports are: `dependency_scanning`, `container_scanning`, `dast`, and `sast`.
 
 For example, here is the definition of a SAST job that generates a file named `gl-sast-report.json`,
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ It is recommended to name the output file after the type of scanning, and to use
 Since all Secure reports are JSON files, it is recommended to use `.json` as a file extension.
 For instance, a suggested filename for a Dependency Scanning report is `gl-dependency-scanning.json`.
 
-The [`artifacts:reports`](../../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreports) keyword
+The [`artifacts:reports`](../../ci/yaml/README.md#artifactsreports) keyword
 of the job definition must be consistent with the file path where the Security report is written.
 For instance, if a Dependency Scanning analyzer writes its report to the CI project directory,
 and if this report filename is `depscan.json`,

doc/development/integrations/secure_partner_integration.md

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ and complete an integration with the Secure stage.
 1. Ensure your pipeline jobs create a report artifact that GitLab can process
    to successfully display your own product's results with the rest of GitLab.
    - See detailed [technical directions](secure.md) for this step.
-   - Read more about [job report artifacts](../../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreports).
+   - Read more about [job report artifacts](../../ci/yaml/README.md#artifactsreports).
    - Read about [job artifacts](../../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md).
    - Your report artifact must be in one of our currently supported formats.
      For more information, see the [documentation on reports](secure.md#report).

doc/user/application_security/container_scanning/index.md

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ The included template:
   (see [requirements](#requirements)) and scans it for possible vulnerabilities.
 
 GitLab saves the results as a
-[Container Scanning report artifact](../../../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreportscontainer_scanning)
+[Container Scanning report artifact](../../../ci/yaml/README.md#artifactsreportscontainer_scanning)
 that you can download and analyze later. When downloading, you always receive the most-recent
 artifact.
 

doc/user/application_security/dast/index.md

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ The included template creates a `dast` job in your CI/CD pipeline and scans
 your project's running application for possible vulnerabilities.
 
 The results are saved as a
-[DAST report artifact](../../../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreportsdast)
+[DAST report artifact](../../../ci/yaml/README.md#artifactsreportsdast)
 that you can later download and analyze. Due to implementation limitations, we
 always take the latest DAST artifact available. Behind the scenes, the
 [GitLab DAST Docker image](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/dast)
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ variables:
 ```
 
 The results are saved as a
-[DAST report artifact](../../../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreportsdast)
+[DAST report artifact](../../../ci/yaml/README.md#artifactsreportsdast)
 that you can later download and analyze.
 Due to implementation limitations, we always take the latest DAST artifact available.
 

doc/user/application_security/dependency_scanning/index.md

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ include:
 The included template creates dependency scanning jobs in your CI/CD
 pipeline and scans your project's source code for possible vulnerabilities.
 The results are saved as a
-[dependency scanning report artifact](../../../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreportsdependency_scanning)
+[dependency scanning report artifact](../../../ci/yaml/README.md#artifactsreportsdependency_scanning)
 that you can later download and analyze. Due to implementation limitations, we
 always take the latest dependency scanning artifact available.
 

doc/user/application_security/sast/index.md

@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ The included template creates SAST jobs in your CI/CD pipeline and scans
 your project's source code for possible vulnerabilities.
 
 The results are saved as a
-[SAST report artifact](../../../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreportssast)
+[SAST report artifact](../../../ci/yaml/README.md#artifactsreportssast)
 that you can later download and analyze. Due to implementation limitations, we
 always take the latest SAST artifact available.
 

doc/user/application_security/secret_detection/index.md

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ The included template creates Secret Detection jobs in your CI/CD pipeline and s
 your project's source code for secrets.
 
 The results are saved as a
-[Secret Detection report artifact](../../../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreportssecret_detection)
+[Secret Detection report artifact](../../../ci/yaml/README.md#artifactsreportssecret_detection)
 that you can later download and analyze. Due to implementation limitations, we
 always take the latest Secret Detection artifact available.
 

doc/user/application_security/security_dashboard/index.md

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ The security dashboard and vulnerability report displays information about vulne
 
 1. At least one project inside a group must be configured with at least one of
    the [supported reports](#supported-reports).
-1. The configured jobs must use the [new `reports` syntax](../../../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreports).
+1. The configured jobs must use the [new `reports` syntax](../../../ci/yaml/README.md#artifactsreports).
 1. [GitLab Runner](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/) 11.5 or newer must be used.
    If you're using the shared runners on GitLab.com, this is already the case.
 

doc/user/compliance/license_compliance/index.md

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ the `license_management` job, so you must migrate to the `license_scanning` job
 `License-Scanning.gitlab-ci.yml` template.
 
 The results are saved as a
-[License Compliance report artifact](../../../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreportslicense_scanning)
+[License Compliance report artifact](../../../ci/yaml/README.md#artifactsreportslicense_scanning)
 that you can later download and analyze. Due to implementation limitations, we
 always take the latest License Compliance artifact available. Behind the scenes, the
 [GitLab License Compliance Docker image](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/license-finder)

doc/user/infrastructure/mr_integration.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Collaborating around Infrastructure as Code (IaC) changes requires both code cha
 
 ## Output Terraform Plan information into a merge request
 
-Using the [GitLab Terraform Report artifact](../../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreportsterraform),
+Using the [GitLab Terraform Report artifact](../../ci/yaml/README.md#artifactsreportsterraform),
 you can expose details from `terraform plan` runs directly into a merge request widget,
 enabling you to see statistics about the resources that Terraform creates,
 modifies, or destroys.
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ To manually configure a GitLab Terraform Report artifact requires the following
 1. Define a `script` that runs `terraform plan` and `terraform show`. These commands
    pipe the output and convert the relevant bits into a store variable `PLAN_JSON`.
    This JSON is used to create a
-   [GitLab Terraform Report artifact](../../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreportsterraform).
+   [GitLab Terraform Report artifact](../../ci/yaml/README.md#artifactsreportsterraform).
    The Terraform report obtains a Terraform `tfplan.json` file. The collected
    Terraform plan report is uploaded to GitLab as an artifact, and is shown in merge requests.
 

doc/user/project/merge_requests/browser_performance_testing.md

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Consider the following workflow:
 ## How browser performance testing works
 
 First, define a job in your `.gitlab-ci.yml` file that generates the
-[Browser Performance report artifact](../../../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreportsperformance).
+[Browser Performance report artifact](../../../ci/yaml/README.md#artifactsreportsperformance).
 GitLab then checks this report, compares key performance metrics for each page
 between the source and target branches, and shows the information in the merge request.
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ The example uses a CI/CD template that is included in all GitLab installations s
 or older, you must [add the configuration manually](#gitlab-versions-123-and-older)
 
 The template uses the [GitLab plugin for sitespeed.io](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gl-performance),
-and it saves the full HTML sitespeed.io report as a [Browser Performance report artifact](../../../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreportsperformance)
+and it saves the full HTML sitespeed.io report as a [Browser Performance report artifact](../../../ci/yaml/README.md#artifactsreportsperformance)
 that you can later download and analyze. This implementation always takes the latest
 Browser Performance artifact available. If [GitLab Pages](../pages/index.md) is enabled,
 you can view the report directly in your browser.

doc/user/project/merge_requests/code_quality.md

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ include:
 
 The above example creates a `code_quality` job in your CI/CD pipeline which
 scans your source code for code quality issues. The report is saved as a
-[Code Quality report artifact](../../../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreportscodequality)
+[Code Quality report artifact](../../../ci/yaml/README.md#artifactsreportscodequality)
 that you can later download and analyze.
 
 It's also possible to override the URL to the Code Quality image by
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ do this:
 
 1. Define a job in your `.gitlab-ci.yml` file that generates the
    [Code Quality report
-   artifact](../../../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreportscodequality).
+   artifact](../../../ci/yaml/README.md#artifactsreportscodequality).
 1. Configure your tool to generate the Code Quality report artifact as a JSON
    file that implements a subset of the [Code Climate
    spec](https://github.com/codeclimate/platform/blob/master/spec/analyzers/SPEC.md#data-types).

doc/user/project/merge_requests/load_performance_testing.md

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ GET calls to a popular API endpoint in your application to see how it performs.
 ## How Load Performance Testing works
 
 First, define a job in your `.gitlab-ci.yml` file that generates the
-[Load Performance report artifact](../../../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreportsload_performance).
+[Load Performance report artifact](../../../ci/yaml/README.md#artifactsreportsload_performance).
 GitLab checks this report, compares key load performance metrics
 between the source and target branches, and then shows the information in a merge request widget:
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ For example, you can override the duration of the test with a CLI option:
 
 GitLab only displays the key performance metrics in the MR widget if k6's results are saved
 via [summary export](https://k6.io/docs/results-visualization/json#summary-export)
-as a [Load Performance report artifact](../../../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreportsload_performance).
+as a [Load Performance report artifact](../../../ci/yaml/README.md#artifactsreportsload_performance).
 The latest Load Performance artifact available is always used, using the
 summary values from the test.
 

doc/user/project/merge_requests/test_coverage_visualization.md

@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ MR is merged.
 ## How test coverage visualization works
 
 Collecting the coverage information is done via GitLab CI/CD's
-[artifacts reports feature](../../../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreports).
+[artifacts reports feature](../../../ci/yaml/README.md#artifactsreports).
 You can specify one or more coverage reports to collect, including wildcard paths.
 GitLab will then take the coverage information in all the files and combine it
 together.
 
 For the coverage analysis to work, you have to provide a properly formatted
 [Cobertura XML](https://cobertura.github.io/cobertura/) report to
-[`artifacts:reports:cobertura`](../../../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreportscobertura).
+[`artifacts:reports:cobertura`](../../../ci/yaml/README.md#artifactsreportscobertura).
 This format was originally developed for Java, but most coverage analysis frameworks
 for other languages have plugins to add support for it, like:
 

doc/user/project/releases/index.md

@@ -416,14 +416,14 @@ Evidence collection snapshots are visible on the Releases page, along with the t
 
 > [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/32773) in [GitLab Ultimate](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 13.2.
 
-When you create a release, if [job artifacts](../../../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreports) are included in the last pipeline that ran, they are automatically included in the release as release evidence.
+When you create a release, if [job artifacts](../../../ci/yaml/README.md#artifactsreports) are included in the last pipeline that ran, they are automatically included in the release as release evidence.
 
 Although job artifacts normally expire, artifacts included in release evidence do not expire.
 
 To enable job artifact collection you need to specify both:
 
 1. [`artifacts:paths`](../../../ci/yaml/README.md#artifactspaths)
-1. [`artifacts:reports`](../../../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreports)
+1. [`artifacts:reports`](../../../ci/yaml/README.md#artifactsreports)
 
 ```yaml
 ruby:

doc/user/project/requirements/index.md

@@ -122,8 +122,7 @@ You can also sort the requirements list by:
 > - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/2859) in [GitLab Ultimate](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 13.1.
 > - [Added](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/215514) ability to specify individual requirements and their statuses in [GitLab Ultimate](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 13.2.
 
-GitLab supports [requirements test
-reports](../../../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md#artifactsreportsrequirements) now.
+GitLab supports [requirements test reports](../../../ci/yaml/README.md#artifactsreportsrequirements) now.
 You can add a job to your CI pipeline that, when triggered, marks all existing
 requirements as Satisfied (you may manually satisfy a requirement in the edit form [edit a requirement](#edit-a-requirement)).